Chapter 131 I Will Love My Wife
"Then what can you do?"
Zhou Kang scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I will love my wife."
Liu Zhiyuan, "..."
Sometimes you can’t hide your urge to kill someone, so why not use this newly developed gunpowder to test its firepower!
"Aren't you a college student? Haven't you studied chemistry?"
Zhou Kang felt even more embarrassed. "Well, I failed chemistry."
Liu Zhiyuan didn't even have the strength to roll his eyes.
Zhou Kang quickly excused himself, "I'm a liberal arts student, so I'm good at memorizing."
So he memorized the entire book of more than five million words.
Liu Zhiyuan had nothing to say.
Okay, if she doesn’t know how to do it, then she will draw the blueprints and do the research, and Zhou Kang will supervise the manufacture of cannons and guns.
But before that, the Liu family’s case must be investigated thoroughly and the Chen family’s guilt determined.
When Xiao Yu attacks Prime Minister Chen, Northwest General Chen Hongyu may rebel after knowing this.
In this way, he is a traitor, and no matter what Xiao Yu does, he is right.
"How is the investigation into the Liu family's case going?" Liu Zhiyuan asked.
"There are no results yet." Zhou Kang said.
"You've been searching for so long and you haven't found anything?"
"The other party is very cautious. They've already got the Candle Shop's secret accounts. Although there are problems with the accounts, they haven't found any connection to the replacement of disaster relief funds."
The secret account book was found by someone sent by the emperor, but it was of little use.
Prime Minister Chen has been immersed in the court for so many years and has experienced countless things like this. Naturally, he knows how to erase all traces completely and rarely leaves any handle for others.
Just like the wax, even if they all knew that candles were used instead, there would be no evidence at all.
Liu Zhiyuan frowned, thought for a moment, and looked at Zhou Kang, "Don't you know the plot?"
"There's no mention of this case in the plot."
Otherwise why is it called an unsolved case?
"What I mean is, since you know the plot, why bother investigating step by step? Why not just work your way back from the results and find evidence to pin this on the Chen family?"
"Ah? What do you mean?" Zhou Kang was puzzled.
"Where is the disaster silver?"
"I don't know." It hasn't been found out yet.
Liu Zhiyuan rolled her eyes. "I mean, where did the disaster silver go in the end?"
"In the Northwest Military Camp, Prime Minister Chen embezzled this disaster relief money and sent it to his son as military pay."
"Then send people directly to the Northwest Military Camp to investigate. Also check the main official roads leading to the Northwest. A large amount of two million taels of silver would surely attract a lot of attention during transportation. Keep an eye out for large caravans."
Zhou Kang's eyes suddenly lit up, "That makes sense! What if they weren't transported together, but in batches?"
Liu Zhiyuan felt like hitting someone again.
Unable to hold back, she slapped him on the head, "Are you stupid? Then pay attention to which vehicles frequently enter and exit the Northwest Military Camp. If they do so repeatedly, there's definitely something wrong."
"Okay, I understand."
In this way, they don't have to investigate how the silver was stolen. As long as the disaster relief silver is found on the Chen family's territory, Prime Minister Chen will have no way to defend himself.
"I will report this to the Emperor immediately and send someone to investigate."
Liu Zhiyuan didn't say anything, her brows were tightly furrowed.
Seeing that she looked uneasy, Zhou Kang asked doubtfully, "Anything else?"
"Don't you think this is strange?"
"What's so strange about that?" Zhou Kang was puzzled.
"Why did Prime Minister Chen go to the Northwest Military Camp to take advantage of this money?"
"Military pay, didn't I tell you?"
"The imperial court distributes military pay every year. Most of the officials in the Ministry of Revenue are Prime Minister Chen's men. The annual pay allocated to the Northwest Military Camp is sufficient."
On the contrary, the southwestern army's military pay was often withheld.
Since the Northwest Army has no shortage of military pay, why would they take such a big risk of corruption?
"Who would complain about having too much money? Have you ever seen a corrupt official complain about having too much money?"
"The corrupt officials used the money they embezzled to enjoy themselves. The Northwest region is desolate. Why send so much silver there? To farm the land?"
"Maybe Chen Hongyu is a good general and wants to buy more things for the soldiers?"
"If that's the reason, they could have just allocated funds from the national treasury instead of taking such a huge risk of embezzling disaster funds. Unless, that money has other uses that cannot be made public."
"What do you mean?" Zhou Kang didn't understand.
He couldn't think of any other use for the money in the military camp besides military pay.
wrong!
"How many people did you just say were in the Northwest Army?"
"Four hundred thousand."
"It's 600,000." Zhou Kang said.
"Impossible." Liu Zhiyuan retorted, "Four hundred thousand, this is a fact known to the entire Dayong."
Dayong had a total of 500,000 troops, of which 400,000 were under the command of the General of the Northwest, and 100,000 were under the command of the General of Zhennan.
"I know, but in the original novel, the protagonist finally revolted with an army of 600,000."
Liu Zhiyuan slammed the table and said, "They are private soldiers. The Chen family secretly raised 200,000 private soldiers."
The northwest region is far away from the capital. It is the Chen family's territory, and it is difficult for them to be discovered if they secretly raise private soldiers.
However, the money for supporting private soldiers must not come from the national treasury, otherwise it would easily attract attention, so the money can only be embezzled from other places.
Her father has always been upright and it is very likely that he discovered the clues. Prime Minister Chen was afraid that her father would report him, so he took the opportunity to frame her father for the embezzlement of disaster relief funds.
In this way, she could get rid of her father and find someone to serve as a scapegoat, killing two birds with one stone!
However, there was one thing she couldn't understand. If her father had really discovered that the Chen family was raising private soldiers, why didn't he say anything?
Or maybe her father knew nothing at all, but had accidentally come across something related to this matter, and Prime Minister Chen became suspicious.
Just in case, to prevent future troubles!
If so, then the whole case makes sense.
Of course, these are just her speculations. The details will only be known after investigation.
Zhou Kang was stunned when he heard this. He just said that there were only 600,000 troops. How could Liu Zhiyuan guess so much?
And it seems to make sense.
Is this the difference between a genius and a fool?
Zhou Kang could no longer sit still, so he immediately went to the imperial study and told the emperor Liu Zhiyuan's guess.
After saying this, he felt a little nervous.
These were all speculations, with no evidence at all. He was afraid that the emperor would not believe him, or ask him how he knew there were 200,000 private soldiers in the northwest.
Fortunately, when the emperor heard that it was Liu Zhiyuan's guess, he said nothing, let him leave, and then summoned Wang Zheng.
It seems that this important task has to be assigned to Wang Zheng.
After leaving the imperial study, Zhou Kang returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity with a worried look on his face. Liu Zhiyuan was still busy drawing her design draft.
After hearing Zhou Kang sigh for the fifth time, Liu Zhiyuan couldn't help but ask, "Why are you sighing there?"
It would be fine if he couldn't help, but he was interrupting her train of thought.
Zhou Kang frowned, "I feel like the emperor is suspicious of us."
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